Pours black with a 1.5-finger brown head. The head recedes into a thin layer on top leaving thick lacing.

Smells of rich roasted malts with good amounts of semi-sweet chocolate involved as well. Slight hints of coffee waft out every now and then. There's not a whole lot going on here but it's a Pinocchio-like nose.

Tastes similar to how it smells. Robust roasted malt flavors up front ride the line between sweet and bitter. Midway through the sip rich chocolate flavors join the fray along with very light roasted coffee. The chocolate and roasted malt flavors carry through to a solidly bitter ending. As with the nose the flavor profile isn't overwhelming but what's there is done very well.

Pours opaque black. Tar, Licorice, interesting bitterness in the finish. Above average mouthfeel, only a bit of coffee, and some burnt toat, and chocolate distinguishable. Drinkable, but I have enjoyed many other RIS better. Thanks pyl21ca. Cound use ageing.

Stumbled upon at Publick House Provisions while in Boston for BA's Night of the Funk. Worth a trip to Publick House Provisions for the remaining few bottles - wish I'd bought one more to see what some age will do, although drinking really nicely now and I suspect age will not add anything.

Pours black with a thick creamy dark tan head.

Nose is assertive strawberry dark chocolate with coffee tones.

It is medium bodied with a creamy mouthfeel and is very well balanced.

Flavors are of bitter black chocolate and rich black coffee with a hint and undertone of sweetness.

Flavors are well integrated and pretty complex with an appealing finish of big roasted grains and bitter espresso bean.

If this is retired I must have found a finely aged bottle when I bought it on February 13, 2011. The pour gurgles deeply from the bottle and comes up jet black with a tiny hint of dark brown when held up to a light. Decent one inch head. For a 10% ABV the aroma emits little in the way of alcohol and much in the way of dark malts and burnt chocolate. A lining of hops can be noted on the nose after several deep whiffs. The big body results in a sweet chocolate, mild maltiness, and balanced hoppiness at the end. Enjoyable.

Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a large medium brown foamy head with great retention and very good lacing. Aroma of dry roasted malt and bitter hosp with great black dry chocolate notes. Taste is also a nice mix between some dry roasted notes and some black chocolate with a bitter hoppy finish with notes of green fresh hops. Full body with a somewhat creamy body and great carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Very well done if maybe slightly too hoppy and more creamy chocolate malt could have potentially improve this beer.

Taste: Unlike a BDSA, sweetness is well controlled and is there only to counterbalance the other flavors. Alcohol is noticeable. So is a slight lactic sourness, some vanilla, some caramel and some smoke.

500 ml bottle, from Voldby Købmandsgård. Batch #150. ABV is 10.01%. Pitch black colour, impressive brown head. Lovely aroma of hops, heavily roasted malts, coffee and dark chocolate, hints of vanilla. The flavour has an intense bitterness from start to finish, both from the hops and the roasted malts - too much hoppy bitterness for mye taste, as it overshades the finer tones of 8 different malts. Also burnt notes, and notes of too strong coffee. Not enough sweetness to balance the bitterness. Ashy aftertaste.

Dark body with light brown foam with a resting thin layer containing small bubbles. Smells a lot from chocolates, some acid notes and vanilla, maybe even nuts. Very bitter taste with dry chocolates and some coffee and syrup. Not much sweetness or carbonation, but the aftertaste contains more sweet notes and bitterness. Not at all complex in the beginning, but as time kept going this one had more to show. A good imperial stout even though not the best I've had.

Growler from Capone's courtesy of Geist. Served in a Savor wine glass.

Pours near black with a tan head and some spotty lacing. Nose has a good amount of roast and a substantial amount of chocolate and coffee combined. Some very light smoke. Flavor has quite a bit of roast. Medium body. Pretty good.

N: Kinda light but when you get a good nosing it's a pretty good stout. Some bitterness from both roasted malts and lots of nice earthy hops. Roasted malts, some dark bittersweet chocolate, touch of creamy, slightly sweet caramel, molasses, crystal malt, semi dry. The hops build as well.

T: Hmmm... a little different than I expected for an Imp Stout from Denmark.Tons of roast, slightly spicy and bitter roasty char, as well as a nice hoppy earthy bitter taste. Some black patent malt and crystal malt. It's pertty smooth and creamy too, luscious and velvety, some creamy malt flavors, and perhaps some oatmeal. There's some hop pellet taste with the earthy hops. Very rich and malty.

M: Super rich, luscious, smooth, and lower but decent for the style carbonation.

F: Bitter! Long earthy roasty charred scorched malt bitterness combines with a growing earthy hop character. Gets a little salty mineral quality at the finish too, but not too much. Dries pretty well too. Thick and syrupy coating on the mouth with some residual sweetness that sticks (see what I did there) around for a while. It seems to get hoppier as it goes too.